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David Foster Wallace 's estate is displeased with the upcoming "The End of the Tour," starring Jason Segel as the late author, and has disavowed the biopic. "The David Foster Wallace Literary Trust, David's family, and David's longtime publisher Little, Brown and Company wish to make it clear that they have no connection with, and neither endorse nor support 'The End of the Tour,'" the statement said. "This motion picture is loosely based on transcripts from an interview David consented to eighteen years ago for a magazine article about the publication of his novel, 'Infinite Jest.' That article was never published and David would never have agreed that those saved transcripts could later be repurposed as the basis of a movie."

Among Jason Kunesh and Dan Ratner 's many duties for the 2012 Barack Obama re-election effort was a revamp of the campaign's online donation system. That's where the campaign's technologists tried to convert someone's interest in the president into cash. "We added a quote from the president (on the webpage) that said, in essence, 'We need to finish what we started,' … and that single quote raised conversion (rates) almost 11 percent," said Kunesh, the campaign's director of user experience.

Mitchell Jason, who appeared onstage, in films and on TV, died in Doylestown, Penn., on March 11. He was 92. Jason studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, acted in numerous Broadway and Off Broadway shows and appeared in many movies and TV shows. His most recent stage appearance was in the Tony Award-winning production of "Grand Hotel the Musical," directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune. It ran on Broadway from 1989-92. His film credits include "Network" and "The Heartbreak Kid," and on TV he made appearances in "Doing Life" and "Contract on Cherry Street" and had a recurring role on ABC soap opera "Loving" as Monsignor Fratellini.

NEW YORK - Joe Girardi and Masahiro Tanaka will be settled in their Yankee pinstripes Tuesday night, but Jason Hammel will feel just as comfortable trying to beat them at Yankee Stadium. That's because Hammel returns to the site of the biggest assignment of his nine-year career - pitching the fifth and deciding game of the 2012 American League Division Series for the Orioles. Although Hammel suffered the loss despite allowing only two runs in 52/3 innings, a return to Yankee Stadium will bring back pleasant memories.

Before his 31st birthday, Jason Wu had dressed a first lady for a presidential inaugural ball not once but twice, making him the youngest designer to have a gown displayed in "The First Ladies" exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. In donating the first gown to the Smithsonian in 2010, first lady Michelle Obama described Wu's early childhood in Taiwan and education in the United States. Not long ago, she said, Wu was just an aspiring designer, sketching bridal shop displays at age 5 and making clothes for collectible dolls at 16. Now, she said, he is living the American dream.

Opportunity is expanding for Mike Olt and Junior Lake — along with their confidence. After they hit consecutive home runs Wednesday night to vault the Cubs to a 7-5 victory over the Pirates, manager Rick Renteria is ready to increase their roles. Renteria said he plans to steer away slightly from his initial plan of employing a platoon system at certain positions and pencil in right-handed batters Olt and Lake to face hard-throwing right-hander Gerrit Cole in Thursday's series finale.

Fox Business Network is heading out to the links. The 21st Century Fox-owned cable outlet will sponsor pro golfer Jason Dufner. Starting Monday with the practice round of the 2014 Masters Tournament, Dufner will wear the network's "FBN" logo on his shirt collar. The hope is that every shot of the 2013 PGA Championship winner will feature a nod to the network. "Our viewers are champions of business and industry and they are interested in golf and tennis, and we saw a lot of correlation there, " said Brian Jones , senior vice president of programming and operations at Fox Business Network.

PITTSBURGH - Junior Lake wore the wrong gray jersey for one inning Thursday, but the Cubs won't have an identity issue Friday when they play the Phillies in their home opener at Wrigley Field. "It looks like we'll be one-run warriors, as of right now," Jason Hammel said Thursday after preserving most of the bullpen with 62/3 innings of two-hit ball as the Cubs averted a three-game sweep with a 3-2 victory over the Pirates at soggy PNC Park. The Cubs acquired some much-needed momentum after losing in 16 innings early Thursday morning and facing the challenge of a fatigued bullpen and an offense that was 1-for-27 with runners in scoring position.

Lest nine seasons of the sitcom not be enough as " How I Met Your Mother " nears its swan song, the cast provided a few more laughs while visiting "Inside the Actors Studio," thanks to Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel 's musical talents. During the show, a fan asked Patrick Harris and Segel to sing "Les Miserables" duet "Confronation," a bit they did in 2006 on "The Megan Mullally Show," but were sadly cut short. Patrick Harris seized on the opportunity immediately, taking off as Javert, with Segel jumping in as Jean Valjean shortly after.

Jason Sarlanis has been named veep of alternative series at ABC Entertainment Group. Sarlanis previously was senior veepee of unscripted development at Ryan Seacrest Prods., where he managed the company's largest franchise, " Keeping up With the Kardashians . " At ABC, he will report to Lisa Berger , exec veep of alternative series, specials and latenight programming, and he will oversee development activities and current primetime...